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Great Britain the 51st State?

Great Britain the 51st State?

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Originally posted by Nemesio
I won't stoop to your childish taunt. I'll just continue to expose your views, and by extension you,
as the fraudulent justifications for your deep-seeded hate for that which is different from you.

Nemesio
You should - that's the only thing keeping this great thread alive!

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We don't make states any more. GB wants to be a US territory? Well, send in your application and we'll get to it when we have time. 😛

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Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
Jealousy, thy name is Zahlanzi.
oh yes, i always wanted to be an ignorant, arrogant hateful toenail like you. my life dream.

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it sounds like a good idea ... is there an application the UK could fill out?

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Originally posted by zeeblebot
it sounds like a good idea ... is there an application the UK could fill out?
Would it be one state or four?

What about Ireland? Three states, Ireland staying independent?

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Would it be one state or four?

What about Ireland? Three states, Ireland staying independent?
scratch that ... the British Isles are less than half the size of Texas (315K km^2 vs. 696K km^2).

how about making it a trust territory? we've got enough senators from piddling little states already.

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Originally posted by zeeblebot
scratch that ... the British Isles are less than half the size of Texas (315K km^2 vs. 696K km^2).

how about making it a trust territory? we've got enough senators from piddling little states already.
They're even richer than California is. It would knock us down from #1 in the country.

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
They're even richer than California is. It would knock us down from #1 in the country.
and an even higher tax rate ... i see dollar signs $$$ ...

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Originally posted by zeeblebot
and an even higher tax rate ... i see dollar signs $$$ ...
If we keep their tax rate we need to give them free health care, though.

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
If we keep their tax rate we need to give them free health care, though.
we can outsource that to call centers in bangalore ... save loads 'o dosh ...

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Originally posted by zeeblebot
we can outsource that to call centers in bangalore ... save loads 'o dosh ...
They would make a nice outpost in case we ever needed to bring the French into line. 😛

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think of it ... all the toad-in-the-hole you can eat ...

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Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
In his 1986 song, "Heartland (51st State of the USA)," Matt Johnson whined about the Americanization of Great Britain. It's been more than 20 years, and oh how things have changed. I posit that the United States would now be foolish to make Great Britain its 51st state. Here's why:

http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=292203948245247
Great Britain should take a number. Here in Australia we have been so thoroughly homogenized we have been happily calling ourselves the 51st state for years.

Our previous Prime Minister, one Right Honorable John Winston Howard, who was not endowed with tallness, was affectionately referred to in our press as Bonzai Bush because of his attention to detail as a little bush. Little Johnnie (how he was also affectionately referred too) was quite at home with the notion of being deputized by the bigger Bush to be the local law enforcement in the region.